b. Make a list of things you can do this week to practice your religion as you are taught in your home, church, synagogue, mosque, or other religious community. Check them off your list as you complete them.

13. Saving Well, Spending Well

a. Go grocery shopping with a parent or other adult member of your family.

b. Set up a savings account.

c. Keep a record of how you spend money for 2 weeks.

d. Pretend you are shopping for a car for your family.

e. Discuss family finances with a parent or guardian.

f. Play a board game with your family that involves the use of play money.

g. With an adult, figure out how much it costs for each person in your home to eat one meal.

SELF

Do FOUR of the following:

14. Ride Right

(Bear Handbook - Page 118)

Do requirement (a) and three other requirements.

a. Know the rules for bike safety. If your town requires a bicycle license, be sure to get one.

b. Learn to ride a bike, if you haven't by now. Show that you can follow a winding course for 60 feet doing sharp left and right turns, a U-turn, and an emergency stop.

c. Keep your bike in good shape. Identify the parts of a bike that should be checked often.

d. Change a tire on a bicycle.

e. Protect your bike from theft. Use a bicycle lock.

f. Ride a bike for 1 mile without rest. Be sure to obey all traffic rules.

g. Plan and take a family bike hike.

15. Games, Games, Games!

(Bear Handbook - Page 126)

Do two requirements.

a. Set up the equipment and play any two of these outdoor games with your family or friends. (Backyard golf, Badminton, Croquet, Sidewalk shuffleboard, Kickball, Softball, Tetherball, Horseshoes, Volleyball)

b. Play two organized games with your den.

c. Select a game that your den has never played. Explain the rules. Tell them how to play it, and then play it with them.

16. Building Muscles

(Bear Handbook - Page 130)

Do all three requirements.

a. Do physical fitness stretching exercises. Then do curl-ups, push-ups, the standing long jump, and the softball throw.

b. With a friend about your size, compete in at least six different two-person contests. (Many examples in book.)

NOTE TO PARENTS: If a licensed physician certifies that the Cub Scout's physical condition for an indeterminable time doesn't permit him to do three of the requirements in this achievement, the Cubmaster and pack committee may authorize substitution of any three Arrow Point electives.

17. Information, Please

(Bear Handbook - Page 136)

Do requirement (a) and three more requirements.

a. With an adult in your family, choose a TV show. Watch it together.

b. Play a game of charades at your den meeting or with your family at home.

c. Visit a newspaper office, or a TV or radio station and talk to a news reporter.

d. Use a computer to get information. Write, spell-check, and print out a report on what you learned.

e. Write a letter to a company that makes something you use. Use e-mail or the U.S. Postal Service.

f. Talk with a parent or other family member about how getting and giving facts fits into his or her job.

18. Jot It Down

(Bear Handbook - Page 140)

Do requirement h and four other requirements.

a. Make a list of the things you want to do today. Check them off when you have done them.

Know. Tell what made it difficult to be clear and accurate as you wrote details and kept records, and tell what could tempt you to write something that was not exactly true. Define honesty.

Commit. Tell why it is important to be honest and trustworthy with yourself and with others. Imagine you had reported something inaccurately and tell how you could set the record straight. Give reasons that honest reporting will earn the trust of others.

Practice. While doing the requirement for this achievement, be honest when you are writing about real events.

19. Shavings and Chips

(Bear Handbook - Page 146)

Do all four requirements.

a. Know the safety rules for handling a knife.

b. Show that you know how to take care of and use a pocketknife.

c. Make a carving with a pocketknife. Work with your den leader or other adult when doing this.

Know. Review the requirements for this achievement and list the resources you would need to complete them. Then list the materials you could substitute for items that you do not already have. Tell what it means to be resourceful.

Commit. After you complete the requirements for this achievement, list any changes that would make the results better if you did these projects again. Tell why it is important to consider all available resources for a project.

Practice. While you complete the requirements for this achievement, make notes on which materials worked well in your projects and why.

Know. Tell why, as a leader, it is important to show kindness and concern for other people. List ways leaders show they care about the thoughts and feelings of others.

Commit. Tell why a good leader must consider the ideas, abilities, and feelings of others. Tell why it might be hard for a leader to protect another person's well-being. Tell ways you can be kind and compassionate.

Practice. While you complete the requirements for this achievement, find ways to be kind and considerate of others.